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Every Successful Restaurant
Shares One Special Ingredient

DANNY RASKIN

Local Columnist

T

his has nothing to do
with any particular
restaurant . . . but a lot
with a dining spot's highly
prime backbone . . . its
waitstaff.
A restaurant's personnel is
its best asset . . . The food and
drinks may be great, but if
the servers are surly, apathe-
tic and impolite, patrons
won't come back.
Its decor may have been
remodeled by the finest de-
signer so that the establish-
ment has a new, glowing
splendor with harmonious
colors and architectural in-
novation, but if the restau-
rant servers don't feel good
about what they are doing or
are not proud of their work,
and see that restaurateurs are
not dedicated to the best possi-
ble service, then owners can
kiss their investment goodbye.
Servers are generally very
aware people . . . They get to
know customers whose be-
havior changes as the day or
evening wears on . . . As a
natural part of the work pro-
cess, successful servers have
to develop special talents to
be able to relate to customers
. . . Most become very good at
critical observation skills.
Many waitpersons want to
be shown how to do their
work better . . . Most of all,
they make more money
because customers appreciate
good service and are apt to
give bigger tips for better ser-
vice . . . They know how im-
portant right and wrong are.. .
Server training, however
large or small, and by some-
one who knows what he or
she is talking about, also in-
creases self respect . . . a
salient element in doing the
job with more efficiency.
Much has been said and
written about the chefs in our
region . . . and with good rea-
son . . . they are among the
nation's finest . . . But any
chef worth his or her salt will
also give a big salute to the
good waitpersons, of which
there are many.
The chef may prepare food
properly, but if it's not
brought to the customer pro-
mptly and with correct pre-
sentation, his good work can
go for naught . . . The
tastebuds of a waiting-too-
long customer, for example,
can change rapidly . . .
Nothing will satisfy their
tastebuds anymore.
Someday . . . someday .. .
there will be a day set aside

. . . and it will be called
Waitpersons' Day . . . for
those unsung heroes and
heroines of the restaurant
game who do so much to
make an operation tick.
THE INVITATION was a
travel envelope with boarding
pass to give as you entered
Matt Brady's at Holiday Inn
of Farmington Hills on W. 10
Mile.
Well over 300 people were
on hand for the grand open-
ing of Matt Brady's second
operation . . . a fun shindig in
the 300-person ballroom
where so many parties are be-
ing catered by the MB gang
— Susan Fayne, Julie Patter-
son, Diane Risko and
company.

Foods of every type were at
various stations around the
room showing just a portion of
what executive chef Randy
Smola and his staff can do.
Big attraction was the
mammoth hamburger pie, so
realistic-looking that a couple
of folks put their fingers in to
see if the bun was really
dough . . . They quickly
discovered that it wasn't .. .
and licked their fingers .. .
Alongside was a true graph of
a hamburger with specifica-
tions, manufacturing re-
quirements, dimensions, in-
gredients, etc. . . . Burger par-
ties are the "in" thing now for
a lot of bar mitzvahs to go
along with MB's many other
styles of dining preparation.
Simone Vitale and his
group had the people in a
great mood with his party-
pleasing personality that put
big smiles on the dancing
folks.
Matt Brady was out-of-town
but Chef Randy made sure of
his representation . . . A
2 1/2-foot caricature of Matt
was sculpted by Randy out of
a 40-pound solid margarine
block (no chicken wires) .. .
The very talented Randy also
made the two ice sculptures
at a lavish sweet table.

GET WELL WISHES .

to Irving Pitt . . . recuperat-
ing at home.
PULL OUT YOUR cos-
tume or make plans to rent or
put one together for a lot of
fun . . . Don't worry about the
masks, there'll be plenty at
the door unless you want a
particular kind.
Progressive Masquerade is
being featured by Mario's,
Carl's and Gem Theatre, Oct.
18 . . . First stop is Carl's on
Grand River for the 5 p.m.
cash bar and 5:30 p.m. seven-
course dinner . . . Then to
Gem Theatre on Woodward

for All Night Strut at 7 p.m.
. . . followed by Mario's on Se-
cond for champagne toast,
dessert, dancing and live
entertainment.
Seating is limited . . . $120
per couple also includes
transportation from Carl's to
Gem to Mario's and back to
Carl's . . . Call by Oct. 5,
833-0700 . .. Frank and
Claudia Passalacqua are giv-
ing a party . . . and it sounds
like a real good time.
CONGRATS . to Ernie
Beren, Southfield city
assessor . . . on his 60th bir-
thday . . . celebrated with par-
ty for 65 by his family at
Maple Tree Apartments
Clubhouse.
THE UNSUNG list of
humanitarian deeds by Lou
Golden is endless . . . No fan-
fare, no hoop-de-do, as the
Commodity Steel boss, with a
heart bigger than all his
orders put together, continues
helping others.
Latest is this Sunday's
Golden Fall Classic on the

Waitperson's Day
is needed for
those unsung
heroes.

Shenandoah Country Club
course to benefit cancer treat-
ment at St. Joseph Mercy
Hospital in Pontiac.
Eighteen-hole golf day
starts at 10 a.m. with cash
prizes, other awards, new car
for hole-in-one, and grand
prize of trip for two anywhere
in the continental U.S. by
Book Couzens Travel.
Dinner at 5 p.m. will in-
clude an auction and fashion
show by Leah Marks
Productions.
TOILET TRAINING for
cats? . . . C'mon now, whoever
heard of such a thing? . . . But
no joke, folks, it's the brain-
child of former Oak Park
High grad Jill Warnick, now
a hygienist in Boston . . . The
daughter of localites Marilyn
and Avery Warnick has a
video out, "Toilet Training
The Feline," that shows
owners how, step by step, to
graduate their cats from litter
box to toilet seat.
If it's not at a pet store
around, you can order the
tape by mail . . . Send $24.95,
check or money order, to
Smart Cat Productions, Box
1834, Brookline, MA 02146.
P.S. . . . If your pet is a lion,
tiger or leopard, forget it .. .
Then again, why not, a cat's
a cat, I guess . . . Yes, Jill